Dear Captain:--That health, wealth, success and perpetual youth may attend you in all your grand schemes and enterprises through the Voyage of Life is the wish of your new-made friend, W. O. Evans. At Hannibal, Captain Glazier landed and remained three days, during which interval he met one or two valued friends. Before launching his canoe this entry found a place in the album: Hannibal, Missouri, _October 3, 1881_. Dear Captain:--May the Mississippi--that Grand Old Patriarch of Rivers--carry you safely to the Gulf! A. M. Paget. The "_Post-Dispatch_" one of the leading newspapers of St. Louis, was foremost in publishing accounts of the explorer's voyage from the time he left the headwaters of the Mississippi until he reached the Gulf, and hence the autograph of its editor, Colonel John A. Cockerill, now editor of the New York "_World_," is of special interest: St. Louis, Missouri, _October 8, 1881_. The "_Post-Dispatch_," sailing on prosperous sea, sends greeting and good wishes to Captain Glazier and all daring navigators. John A. Cockerill. Thomas E. Garrett, of the staff of the "_Republican_," inscribed the following poetic tribute: Missouri Republican Office, St. Louis, _October 14, 1881_. On land and water--staunch and true, You steer and paddle your own canoe, Strong arm, brave heart, will pull you through. Very truly yours, Thomas E. Garrett. The editor of the Helena "_Yeoman_" writes: Helena, Arkansas, _October 22, 1881_. Captain Glazier:--May your present voyage down the great Mississippi redound to your credit, and add to the honors you have already won. W. L. Morris, "_Yeoman_" Office. Prof. J. J. Flahift, Superintendent of Public Instruction at Helena, greets the navigator in these terms: Helena, Arkansas, _October_ 26, 1881. "Nothing great is lightly won, Nothing won is lost; Every good deed nobly done, Will repay the cost; Leave to Heaven in humble trust All you will to do," But, to reach the Gulf, you must Paddle your own canoe.